Lucida Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Center Opens in Florida
Elements Behavioral Health opens Lucida, a substance abuse and mental health treatment center that blends evidence-based and alternative therapies, exceptional clinical and medical staff, personalized care, and resort-style amenities in a safe, private …
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Fresh Start Private Management, Inc. Announces Northern California Clinic …
Fresh Start Private Management, Inc. ( OTCQB : CEYY) is an alcohol treatment and rehabilitation company on the leading edge of alcohol addiction treatment. The company has developed a highly effective program consisting of two main components used by …
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Trey Radel says alcohol was his downfall, but didn't affect his work in Congress
Radel announced he was taking a leave of absence to seek treatment. He checked himself into Hazelden, a downtown Naples addiction treatment center, on Nov. 21. He was treated for alcoholism and completed the treatment program Thursday.
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State Stumbles Out of Gate with Mental Health Crisis Centers
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announces new funding and programs to address mental health treatment issues in Colorado on Dec. 18, 2012. It wasn't in the league of the disastrous unveiling of the federal Affordable Care Act, but Colorado recently got …
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Mental health advocates: Shortage of beds could mean more violence
The incident renewed public attention on a chronic shortage of beds for the mentally ill — an alarming national trend that mental-health advocates say is responsible for a long list of violent acts. Research from the nonprofit Treatment Advocacy …
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War on drugs shifts: Health care law expands coverage for substance abuse …
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also announced last week that it plans to direct $ 50 million to help regional community health centers establish or expand behavioral health services for mental illness and substance-abuse treatment.
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Support Groups are plentiful in the area to help in many ways
FRIENDS & FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP: Big Stone Gap, Va., Behavioral Health Services, behind Powell Valley High School, hosted by Frontier Health; offers tools, friends and families needs to assist people with addiction, move toward recovery; Tuesdays, 6:30 …
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Gathering gives hope over drug addiction
The annual event, set for 6 p.m. Sunday, features a candle-lighting ceremony in remembrance of people who have lost their lives to drug addiction or are struggling with addiction, and to support families who are struggling with such problems. The event …
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Stigma Of Mental Illness: Families Are Often Embarrassed By Mentally Ill …
Specifically, the research suggests that mental health conditions such as alcoholism and depression are more likely to be accompanied not by familial support but by family shame and embarrassment. The study, which … The study estimates the degree to …
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North Tampa Behavioral Health opens in Wesley Chapel
In Florida, the Baker Act is a way of providing emergency services and temporary detention for mental health evaluation and treatment, on either a voluntary or involuntary basis. The Marchman … This puts a burden, he said, on local hospitals. He …
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CHATTAHOOCHEE ARSENAL IS CONFERENCE CENTER, FUTURE MUSEUM
A new conference center and future museum was unveiled in a ceremony Wednesday, November 20, on the grounds of the Florida State Hospital (FSH) in Chattahoochee. … Several special guests made congratulatory remarks following a welcoming by hospital …
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Chris Brown Was Kicked Out of Malibu Rehab Center
Superior Court Judge James R. Brandlin made the ruling after reviewing a probation report from the Rihanna case stating that a rehabilitation facility in Malibu had kicked out the 24-year-old singer because he threw a rock through his mother's car …
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Welcome to Malibu, rehab city
Elements Behavioral Health now owns Promises, the original Malibu treatment centre, and several other centres around the country. "That prejudice resulted in there being very few treatment programmes that aspired to the AA philosophy – that people get …
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New alcohol and drug counselor comes to campus
Ellow holds a Master of Science in Clinical and Counseling Psychology with a concentration in addiction studies from Chestnut Hill College and has, until recently, worked at the outpatient treatment center Brandywine Counseling and Community Services …
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Elements Behavioral Health Enhances Its Christian Addiction Treatment …
Mr. Robinson holds a master's degree in substance abuse studies from the University of Central Oklahoma. He is working toward becoming a certified sex addiction therapist and is a licensed drug and alcohol counselor under supervision. Prior to joining …
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